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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

ON THE SHARP EDGE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 22

A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...

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AIMING FOR ZERO

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Volume 22

One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...

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THE CURVE OF TIME

CV Collective, Literature is Lit, Spring, Gulf Islands, South Island, Strathcona, Culture & Art, Volume 22

I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...

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TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, History, People & Places

The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...

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THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS

CV Collective, Spring, Where, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, People & Places, Volume 22

Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...

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THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 22

Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier (guitar maker) Wyatt ...

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NO FEAR OF FALLING

CV Collective, Spring, Who, Mainland & Beyond, Adventure & Sport, People & Places, Volume 22

GALLERY PHOTOS BY COLTON WILS & TOM LAPLANTE Throughout history, humans have been fascinated–even ...

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LEARNING TO FLY

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Plants & animals, Volume 22

As the sun breaks through in a brief respite on a day of steady rain, the 11 acres of the MARS Wildlife Rescue ...

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HOME IN THE HILLS

CV Collective, Spring, West Coast, Adventure & Sport, Volume 22

I'm inching along the narrow ridge leading to 5040 Peak, a ski on either side of the crest, mushy spring snow in ...

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IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LAND

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, History, Volume 22

When my kids were younger, I logged long hours at the Rotary Skypark, going half-dizzy as they performed endless ...

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ON THE SHARP EDGE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 22

A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of ...

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Chad Herbert

Photo by

Anastasia Skye

AIMING FOR ZERO

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Volume 22

One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it ...

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Tanis Gower

Photos by

Femke Overmaat

THE CURVE OF TIME

CV Collective, Literature is Lit, Spring, Gulf Islands, South Island, Strathcona, Culture & Art, Volume 22

I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants ...

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Nora Bingham

Cover painting by

Harry Heine

TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, History, People & Places

The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...

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Ryan Stuart

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS

CV Collective, Spring, Where, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, People & Places, Volume 22

Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle ...

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Sophie Vigneau

THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 22

Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier ...

Words by

Jen Groundwater

Photos by

Sara Kempner

NO FEAR OF FALLING

CV Collective, Spring, Who, Mainland & Beyond, Adventure & Sport, People & Places, Volume 22

GALLERY PHOTOS BY COLTON WILS & TOM LAPLANTE Throughout history, humans have been ...

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Laurissa Cebryk

Opening photo by

Micaiah Kind

LEARNING TO FLY

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Plants & animals, Volume 22

As the sun breaks through in a brief respite on a day of steady rain, the 11 acres of the MARS ...

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Mac Newton

Photos by

Alexandre Crouzet

HOME IN THE HILLS

CV Collective, Spring, West Coast, Adventure & Sport, Volume 22

I'm inching along the narrow ridge leading to 5040 Peak, a ski on either side of the crest, ...

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Ryan Stuart

Photos by

Alex Mackay

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LAND

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, History, Volume 22

When my kids were younger, I logged long hours at the Rotary Skypark, going half-dizzy as they ...

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Andrew Findlay

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra